Alan Khubetsov Judoka

Alan Khubetsov

Country:Russia

Born:29 June 1993 (25 years)

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Alan Khubetsov won gold at the Grand Prix in Zagreb in 2016. Khubetsov won the European Championships U23 in Prague in 2012. He won the Grand Slam in Baku in 2014 as first senior success and followed up with victories at the Grand Prix Astana (2014) and Tbilisi in 2015. He won gold at the Grand Prix in Tbilisi in 2016. In 2017 he became European Senior champion in Warsaw U81kg and took silver at the Grand Prix in Hohhot. He won bronze at the IJF Masters in St. Petersburg in 2017.

Russian Grand Prix expert Alan Khubetsov denied Japan in the final of the Budapest Grand Prix, the runaway leaders of the medal table, one more title in Hungary as he outfought Tunis Grand Prix bronze medallist Kohara Kenya (JPN) in the -81kg final. After an even four minutes, golden score was required to separate the finalists who accumulated two shidos apiece in added time. Read more

Sasaki Takeshi of Japan shook up the U81kg category at the Grand Slam in Hohhot by humbling Olympic champion Khasan Khalmurzaev (RUS) after only 65 seconds in the final. Ekaterinburg Grand Slam silver medallist Sasaki debuted on the IJF World Judo Tour at his home Grand Slam in December and in typically Japanese style has been quick to make his presence felt. Read more

Olympic champion Khasan Khalmurzaev was crowned the U81kg World Judo Masters gold medallist after a domestic meeting with European bronze medallist Aslan Lappinagov (RUS) in the final. After severe calculations it was Khalmurzaev who captured the world number position and 50,000 USD bonus on top of his gold medal. Read more

Dutchman Frank De Wit became the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam gold medallist with a display of grit and guile as he conquered a star-powered weight category. The 21-year-old Paris Grand Slam winner, who is one of the promotional faces for his country’s upcoming Grand Prix next month, prepared for his first home IJF event in best way possible by winning gold and making sure that he will be one of the top seeds in The Hague. Read more

In the category U81kg there remains two big prospects for the World title in Budapest: Olympic Champion Khasan Khalmurzaev of Russia and World Champion Takanori Nagase of Japan. Both have fought very little since the 2016 Rio Olympics, but when they did, they shone brightly. Here in Budapest they are in the same pool and may meet in the quarter final. Read more